Why Edge? Why Now? How the Rise of Edge Computing will Reshape the Data Center Landscape

Over the next decade, edge computing will reshape the data center landscape due to the rapid growth in the number of IP-connected mobile and machine-to-machine devices, which will handle significant amounts of IP traffic. Tomorrow’s consumers will demand better online experiences and faster, smoother Wi-Fi service and application delivery from online providers.

Unfortunately, today’s IP networks are not set up to handle the high-speed data transmissions that tomorrow’s connected devices will require. In a traditional IP architecture, data must often travel hundreds of miles over a network between end users or devices and cloud resources. This results in latency, or slow inefficient delivery of time sensitive data.